"...brezhnev took afghanistan
begin took beirut
galtieri took the union jack
and maggie over lunch one day
took a cruiser with all hands
apparently to make him give it back..."
Pink Floyd
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (1906-1982)
General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and President of the USSR. His term in office was hallmarked by Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968) and Afghanistan (1977), domestic economic stagnation and persecution of dissidents.
Background
WWW Party Committee
Illustrated Biography (Part I)......(Part II)
Epitaph by Hashimoto
Alive Today!
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